I agree with the author of this article that patience is a virtue, but sometimes both parties can exert stubborn patience. Which is what we have now.

Facing that type of impasse, it's best to involve a third objective agent that can extract subtle compromise from both. No one wants to suffer a major loss, but if each gives a little bit up front, it starts the process moving to a bigger picture resolution.

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